Our Vision

Our Core Values:

Clear Gospel
We will keep the Gospel clear and simple. It is by faith alone in Christ alone, no mixture of works or sacraments. Gal 3:1-9, Eph 2:8-9
Living Life Together
The Christian life was meant to be lived in community. Our goal is to develop close personal challenging relationships within our community of believers. Eph   4:1-3
Equipping Believers
Clear biblical teaching and practical experiences are necessary to develop believers’ gifts and skills and challenge them to maturity. Eph 4:11-13
Genuine Worship
Worship is focused on God and truly brings people’s hearts to a place of peace, confidence, and gratefulness. Eph 5:18-20, Matt 6:1
Missional
We will be a place that reaches out to and benefits the surrounding community. We will use creative and practical ways of serving to build relationships with our community. We consider involvement in the community to be essential to showing the love and good news of Christ  as well as our civic responsibility. Matt 28:19-20

We envision a place …

…where people are excited to go out and serve in the community around them; where creative outreaches are used to help people who have never heard to understand the love and good news of Jesus Christ; where it knows and appreciates the Church and would miss it if it were gone; where it sees Christ modeled through the individuals of the Church every day.

… where the Word of God is preached faithfully, in an interesting and relevant way.

… where people see their civic responsibilities as an opportunity to emulate the love of Christ and continue to transform it into the healthy thriving community it strives to be; where the church is actively serving the community and becomes an irreplaceable ally to community leaders; where individuals gladly sacrifice their time to volunteer to make their community a better place to live; where the issues of our culture are seriously addressed.

… where God is worshiped joyfully and reverently; where the music is Christ-honoring and relevant; where worship is a significant event in which believers are encouraged and challenged in their relationship with God; where worship communicates to the visitor the magnificence of God and our need for Him.

… where leaders are developed and potential leaders are actively being built into tomorrow’s leaders.

… where a passion for reaching the world is what drives our members; where church-planting churches are started; a place that seeks to put a healthy thriving church in every town in New York; where there is a heart for reaching out with money, volunteers, and resources to needy places in the world.

… that reaches out to meet the needs of the local poor and gives them the tools to improve their life. A place where people find real help, experience real change and discover real answers; where marriages are healed and parents’ hearts are turned toward their children; where destructive lifestyles, habits, addictions and compulsions are forever jettisoned; where wasted lives are retrieved and new beginnings launched.

… where church is enjoyed; where people look forward to coming each week; where you are greeted with a smile and people take time to get to know you; where you can feel like family; where close challenging friendships are developed.

… where prayer is a normal part of our culture; where every major decision is immersed in prayer; where people regularly pray for and with one another.

… where people are free to attempt great things; where taking risks for God’s kingdom is an exalted virtue; where people have nothing to prove and therefore nothing to lose; where creativity and innovation are honored, not feared